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David Collins’ music ‘box’ for Kabaret’s Prophecy

London’s acclaimed Kabaret club relaunches this week as Kabaret’s Prophecy, with cutting-edge, musically driven interiors designed by David Collins.

The venue, his first club commission, features three interactive walls entirely covered with Mipix modular LED blocks. According to Collins, these are both a response to space constraints and a reflection of his interest in music.

‘Kabaret harks back to a 1950s, beatnik bar. Faced with that, plus the fact I couldn’t make the space any bigger, I wanted to give it a third dimension,’ he explains. ‘In a way it’s anti-design, because it’s a blank box. The ambience comes from the music.’

The walls, whose light patterns mimic the intensity of the music and the time of day, create an added ‘tension’ in the space. ‘The technology used in super clubs is quite remote. Here, you’re right within the box,’ says Collins.